2010 Report - Waterways Ireland

3636In the 53 cases where there was a difficulty in accessing the waterways,insufficient mooring space was the main difficulty at 40%. Other usersnoted difficulties across a variety of areas such as overgrown weeds,difficulty mooring boats and poor signage. However, it is important tonote that signage ratings have improved significantly since 2004 asdetailed at Figure 26. Disabled access was noted as a difficulty only onthe Shannon Waterway.Difficulties EncounteredFigure 28: Difficulties Accessing the Waterways - IIWaterwayTotal(53)%Barrow(2)*%Erne(9)*%GrandCanal(9)*%LowerBann(-)%RoyalCanal(3)*%ShannonErne(9)*%Shannon(21)*%Insufficient mooring space40-2244--5648Overgrown weeds9-3322----Poor signage9-11----19Difficult to moor boats8-11---33-Locks too narrow6--22--11-Waterway needs to be dredged6501111----No disabled access4------10Inexperienced users4-1111----Lock closed2----33--Other195022--67-24Base: All who encountered difficulties*Caution Small Base Size10-031982 Waterway Users Research 2010 Report (1st December)